Mulhouse–Habsheim Airport
| Mulhouse–Habsheim Airport Aérodrome de Mulhouse-Habsheim |
|||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: none – ICAO: LFGB | |||||||||||
| Summary | |||||||||||
| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Location | Habsheim, France | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 787 ft / 240 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||||||||||
| Runways | |||||||||||
|
|||||||||||
Mulhouse–Habsheim Airport (ICAO: LFGB) is a small airport near the town of Habsheim in France. The airport is a former military base, and is now mainly used for light aircraft. The airport also houses the Aéro-Club des Trois Frontières, Aéro-Club du Haut-Rhin, Aéro-Club de Mulhouse.
Incidents & accidents
On 26 June 1988, Mulhouse–Habsheim Airport was the site of the crash of Air France Flight 296. It was the first ever crash of an Airbus A320 type aircraft. The aircraft was doing a low flypast over the airport as part of an air show, but crashed into trees at the northern end of the airport. Three people were killed, and the airliner destroyed.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2007-02-03.
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
 |
This article about a building or structure in the French department of Haut-Rhin is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
 |
This French airport-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
